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The Prophetic Commission
Isaiah 6:8
Showing verse 8 with surrounding context.
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Then I said, "Woe to me! I [too] am doomed! because I, a man with unclean lips, living among a people with unclean lips, have seen with my own eyes the King, ADONAI-Tzva'ot!"
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One of the s'rafim flew to me with a glowing coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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He touched my mouth with it and said, "Here! This has touched your lips. Your iniquity is gone, your sin is atoned for."
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Then I heard the voice of Adonai saying, "Whom should I send? Who will go for us?" I answered, "I'm here, send me!"
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He said, "Go and tell this people: 'Yes, you hear, but you don't understand. You certainly see, but you don't get the point!'
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"Make the heart of this people [sluggish with] fat, stop up their ears, and shut their eyes. Otherwise, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, then understanding with their hearts, they might repent and be healed!"
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I asked, "Adonai, how long?" and he answered, "Until cities become uninhabited ruins, houses without human presence, the land utterly wasted;
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